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My mother grew up in Illinois but has been in Texas 20 years. Married to California man for 40. She still invites us over for BBQ- hot dogs. My DH, born and bred in Dallas, always laughs because he has such a different interpretation. And I'll say being married to him and also raising a Dallas girl, I'm firmly in the BBQ as low and slow, yummy brisket camp.

The terms barbecue and grill are definitely totally different things in my book but the two words have evolved to be synonymous (with the word barbecue being used when grill is what is meant) most likely because you barbecue on a grill. But yeah, barbecue means to slow cook over hours on the grill while grill means you slap the meat on the grill, flip it after a few minutes, and then a few minutes later, it's ready to eat.

You grill hot dogs, burgers, steaks. You barbecue brisket, ribs.

And when I say You, I mean, not me. I love good barbecue and grilled food but although I love to cook, I like to do my cooking indoors. Grilling is my husband's domain. Barbecuing is for people who really know what they are doing, and those people are few.

Back on topic, the grills pictured in the link posted by a PP is exactly what we have here. People go to the park, take the time to light the charcoal while the kids play, then grill lunch or dinner. It's an all day affair.

I remember those little grills in parks from my childhood. I also remember seeing squirrels walking all over them. They were always too dirty to suit my mother. We had a table-top charcoal grill that we took to the park. But when it was too hot to use on a wooden picnic table. Those little grills were the perfect platform for our little grill. And if we wanted to go home before the coals had burned out completely that little grill was a safe place to dump them.

I remember those little grills in parks from my childhood. I also remember seeing squirrels walking all over them. They were always too dirty to suit my mother. We had a table-top charcoal grill that we took to the park. But when it was too hot to use on a wooden picnic table. Those little grills were the perfect platform for our little grill. And if we wanted to go home before the coals had burned out completely that little grill was a safe place to dump them.